Questions: Pattern Identity and Succession

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@Specialist290 <specialist290@hughes.net> on 2016-01-17 15:16:34 wrote

I suppose my first question might have been better worded to get at what I was actually trying to ask:

Could there ever be a case where two forks (or, possibly, a fork and its “original”) diverge in such a way that they are clearly two separate people, but to such an equal degree from the “baseline” that the question of which particular entity retains the legal claim to the original identity might become a thorny problem to untangle?

@Alistair Young <athanasius.skytower@arkane-systems.net> on 2016-01-17 16:06:53 wrote

Aha!

In which case - talking strictly about full forks, not derivative forks, fork reproduction, or other cases where one is modified such that they don’t start their runtime as identical copies - the answer is always “both or neither”. Being identical, they have likewise identical rights to the original identity and all attachments thereto, and unless one of them voluntarily makes some legal arrangements to alter that, that’s not going to change. Divergence from each other establishes when they’re no longer the same person, but divergence from the pre-fork version is legally irrelevant.

In the event of a divergence, it’s up to you to come to an equitable arrangement with yourself for the division of, or shared domain over, identities and properties thereto attached.

If you can’t come to an equitable arrangement with yourself and it goes to law, the Curial courts will make one for you. The legal costs will be unpleasant and the arrangement in question will almost certainly not be to either of your liking - unless one of you is a significantly bigger dick than the other one - because the courts do not like it when your unreasonability makes them come down there and sort out your shit. (This is by design, as an incentive for the kind of jackasses who can’t even make nice with themselves not to get into this sort of situation in the first place.)